- Date
- April 17, 1977
- Place
- Russellville, AR · RUSSELLVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6056WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770417008699A
- Case key
- 157290
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0610 77/4/17 RUSSELLVILLE,AR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 69 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N6056W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELLVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUSSELLVILLE,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT SEAT SLIPPED AFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6056W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Russellville
N6056WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.